Sadaharu - New And Alternative Careers In Dance
Picture: B-
Sound: B+ Extras: C Main Program: C-
Here is a band I was previously unaware of, but now, after
watching their performances and their on-camera interviews, I have grown
disgusted with them in quite a short time. It isn’t just that the music is
terrible (it’s nothing but screamo garbage), but they are apparently considered
to be artistic and to convey intelligence through their music. All that and they have also apparently been
shined upon by a certain alternative publication. Not that any of that really matters though - a million other
young bands could say the same things and be regarded as geniuses by the press,
yet no one past puberty or outside of a college dorm would care. I guess these are just some of the things
I've had to get used to when it comes to dealing with the likes of moronic pop
culture.
You don’t have to listen to very much to get the message -
these guys like to scream a lot and prefer to wear large rimmed glasses, sport
scraggly beards and give into a few other choice clichés. All that, and they still do their best
trying to look ever so cool in their Hot Topic chic while they’re swaggering
about onstage. It then gets really
embarrassing when they sit down and have a little chat with the cameras;
mindlessly doling out the ways they consider themselves original and
inventive. Maybe if they'd have taken a
stab at this stuff several years ago, they might be getting more attention, and
maybe if they'd started even further back - before anyone without true talent
decided to scream into a microphone - they might even be considered
revolutionary. But rest assured - none
of stuff happened to pass, so we can all sleep tight for now.
I've already said how I feel about the music and the band as a whole. So, on to the production values. This DVD was put together pretty decently,
at least in the way of having sleek packaging and such. The menus also look nice enough, and when
you get to the content, the cameras and microphones were in all the right
places - so sound and visuals are as good as you'd expect from this kind of
thing. The concert footage is typical
stuff, with cheap video effects thrown in that somehow manage to enhance that
teenage angst - can't you just feel it?
Without much more left to say, I think you can get an idea of how I feel about
this kind of stuff. If you like this band or their kin, you'll probably love
this disc to death. As for me, I'll be
off to find something better to listen to - maybe I'll stumble across some
music that really does have a brain - and creators that don’t feel the need to
explain just why they think they’re so great, even when falling so short.
- David Milchick
